Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland known for his military and governance work in British colonial America.
William Johnson negotiating with a Mohawk chief. History of the City of New York, 1896.
General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian by Benjamin West
Johnson, in green, is depicted in Benjamin West's iconic painting The Death of General Wolfe, although he was not present at the event.
The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. It was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America, in the French and Indian War.
A prospective plan of the battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th of September 1755
The Battle of Lake George (1903) by Albert Weinert depicting Hendrick Theyanoguin and William Johnson
French forts on Lake George.